Table 1.

Study characteristics

Author; year	N	Intervention	Experimental or curriculum-integrated	Level of training	Specialty	Outcomes measured	Results
Bray-Hall et al. 2010 [26]	98	Interactive group sessions, self-directed learning exercises, patient interaction at discharge and home visit	Curriculum-integrated	Undergraduate clerkship	Internal medicine	Confidence in transitional care (5-point scale)	Increased confidence, 2.7 to 4.0 (p<0.01)
Mann et al. 2011 [30]	226	15 minute standardized patient discharge encounter	Experimental	Residency	Various	Proportion of high performers in discharge counselling domains (includes medication reconciliation)	37.2% of participants considered high performers in medication reconciliation. Residents from programs with primary care component had more high performers (p=0.031)
Morgan-Gouveia et al. 2013 [28]	78	Reflective exercise and transitions in care workshop	Experimental	Undergraduate clerkship	Internal medicine	N/A (qualitative study)	N/A
Ouchida et al. 2009 [29]	103	Interdisciplinary lectures, educational video, small-group discussion and team-based learning exercise	Curriculum-integrated	Undergraduate clerkship	Internal medicine	Knowledge, attitude, behaviours within domains of transitional care	Significant improvements for all domains assessed
Weisman et al. 2012 [25]	20	Resident phone call within 72 hours of discharge	Experimental	Residency	Internal medicine	Attitude and competence	No change
Young et al. 2011 [31]	13	Home visit to recently discharged patient	Experimental	Residency	Internal medicine	Confidence in transitional care	No change for medication reconciliation skills
Lindquist et al. 2008 [27]	158	Lecture from pharmacist, medication reconciliation simulation	Curriculum-integrated	Undergraduate Year 2	N/A	Knowledge/ comfort obtaining medication histories	Increase of 27% (p<0.01) in knowledge and increase of 20% (p<.001) in comfort level